the puppeteer?
Yes, Michi are definitely the puppets who are now being made to dance to the tunes of the puppeteer. Now who could this puppeteer/s be?
Is the motive of the puppeteer to merely scare Michi, more particularly Chi, that Milsi's life is in danger or is the motive to kill?
If the motive is merely to scare, then Ayesha's role in this puppeteering cannot be ruled out. What better way to create a rift between Michi than by playing up on Chi's insecurities about Mi's life and getting her to become a hurdle in Mi discharging his job? But then the attacks started long before Ayesha even knew that a Milsi suffering from PA had already fallen in love with his Chi.
Coming to Neev, he was a strong suspect at one time but of late he seems to be less of a suspect because the creatives are going out of their way to make him look like one. That seems the only reason why he is being ruled out.
I personally feel that Ranbir is the villian and this is all his master plan. He may have initially wanted to kill Milsi but later changed his mind and instead decided that he will financially ruin him by gaining his trust. That is why I think he staged an attack and later pretended to save him. The panditji could also be his set up. Afterall we have never seen this panditji before in SM. He may have been employed to scare the people of SM so that Milsi would not be able to leave for Pune to set right the problem which Ranbir himself may have created to sabotage Milsi's business. Luckily for Ranbir, a gullible Prachi hurt herself to keep back Milsi although he was all set to lead away by an all knowing Neev.
Having ensured that Neev was made to go alone to Pune, now he is trying to corner Milsi in the party. There is a possibility that Neev gets killed (either in Pune or on his return). If he gets killed in the party Ranbir can make it look like he killed him to save Michi and then win their confidence and gratitude before setting about ruining Milsi.
There is another possibility as well. Ayesha told Ranbir that Prachi would do anything to save Milsi. He could use this in his favour by killing Neev and making it look like Prachi killed him. He can then get Ayesha to make Milsi believe that Prachi is better off in a mental asylum. With Prachi out of the way, Ayesha will then do her best to entice a shattered Milsi who would have lost all interest in his business.
With no Prachi by his side, the guy will become all the more dependent on his friend Ranbir (who is out to get his wealth) and his ex-girlfriend (who is out to get his chastity). While I would'nt mind him losing the first I would definitely not digest him losing the second.
Lets see where this puppet show is taking us and who are the mysterious puppeteer/s.